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			<td colspan=2 class=header>Slovakia: Formulaic Matrix</td>
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				<td width=18%><b>Slovakia</b></td>
				<td width=44%><b>Primary Districts</b></td>
				<td width=38%><b>Secondary Districts (national)</b></td>
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				<td width=18%><b>National Lists</b></td>
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				<td width=38%>(2) Seats not allocated in step 1 are allocated at the national level to national lists on the basis
					of the sum of each party's remainders in the constituencies, using LR-Hagenbach-Bischoff. Only parties garnering
					at least 5% of the national vote are eligible to receive seats at this stage.  Coalitions of parties that submit
					joint lists must satisfy stricter requirements: coalitions of two or three must garner at least 7% while those of four or more must garner at least 10%.</td>
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				<td width=18%><b>Lists</b></td>
				<td width=44%>(1) Each list gets as many seats as its vote contains full Hagenbach-Bischoff quotas.</td>
				<td width=38%>(4) Seats allocated to national lists in step 3 are reallocated to the candidates on those lists
					according to their list order.</td>
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				<td width=18%><b>Candidate</b></td>
				<td width=44%>(3) Seats allocated to constituency lists in step 1 are reallocated to the candidates on those lists
					according to their list order. However, if at least one tenth of those voting for the list have cast
					preference votes, then these are taken into account, and candidates receiving preference votes from more than
					50% of those casting such votes are moved to the top of the list.</td>
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				<td colspan=4>150-member National Council (<i>Narodna rada</i>). The system described is that used in the 1992
					Czechoslovak elections.</td>
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